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    Discover how Google and Shopify's new Universal Commerce Protocol works as 'the HTTP of commerce,' standardizing how AI agents shop for you—from discovery to checkout—and why it's poised to revolutionize online shopping.

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    Universal Commerce Protocol is the creation of what some are calling 'the HTTP of commerce'—an invisible infrastructure layer through which all AI-mediated transactions will flow.

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